The world's biggest pop-up film festival comes to Taipei

Turn it up to 11: Future Shorts 2014 Summer Season coming! 八月底迎來你第十一場的未來短片節！

It is the height of the summer here in Taipei, and while we are sweating out the hot tropical days, we are preparing our 11th Future Shorts season. Talk about exciting!

This time we have 8 new short films on the programme. The films are selected by the Future Shorts HQ in London, and they surprise us every season! This time there seem to be quite a few music themed films on the menu, and maybe going for more weird, more impactful shorts. This I guess from the summaries, I can hardly wait to see the films with you as well! :)

The screening is on 2014 August 30, Saturday evening 18:00 at our usual 睡不著 Insomnia Cafe basement screening room. We’ve listed the event on Facebook and Google+. The ticket is 250NT, but we want you to have a good time with friends so we have a Buy 3 tickets, Get 1 free promotion. We also accept Bitcoin and give 10% discount for that.

The screening time and date is to-be-confirmed. The screening will likely be on a weekend near the end of August (we have some subtitles to prepare). Please stay in touch, and tell your friends about us! To stay in the loop you can sign up to our newsletter, or come back soon to visit this page :)

The films

No Joke – Boxed In （中譯：沒在開玩笑的！）

No Joke – Boxed In

Dir / 導演 : Maxim Kelly United Kingdom / 英國 – 2013 The music video shows the ultimate cure, in the form of old people dancing. Pop music and humor come together in photographer Maxim Kelly’s short film of the KolKata Laughing Society.

這部MV用老年人跳著舞蹈的方式展現了終極的治療。流行音樂和幽默有趣在Maxim Kelly 這部記錄加爾各達大笑社區的影片中完美結合。

Butter Lamp (中譯：酥油燈)

Butter Lamp

Dir / 導演 : Hu Wei 胡偉 France / 法國 – 2013 A young photographer and his assistant suggest to Tibetan nomads to take their picture. Against diverse and more or less exotic backgrounds, families appear to the photographer. Through these shots, the photographer will weave unique links with each of the various villagers.

Bonobo: Cirrus

Cirrus

Dir / 導演 : Cyriak United Kingdom / 英國 – 2013 The music video for Bonobo’s song, “Cirrus,” is a beautifully surreal video collage created by British animator Cyriak. It is certainly weird, using old footage of ordinary life to create complex machines and giant robots.

Misterio （中譯：謎）

Misterio

Dir / 導演 : Chema García Ibarra Spain / 西班牙 – 2013 They say that if you put your ear to the back of his neck, you can hear the Virgin speak. Mother, father and son. The trio is heading for a crisis in which understanding is only one way of not listening to each other.

Metube: August Sings Carmen “Habanera”

Metube

Dir / 導演 : Daniel Moshel Austria / 奧地利 – 2013 “MeTube”, an homage to thousands of ambitious YouTube users and video bloggers, gifted and less gifted self-promoters on the Internet, has attracted international attention. No less than George Bizet’s Habanera from „Carmen” has been reinterpreted for MeTube and enhanced with electronic sounds. Behind the cross-over of musical styles are director Daniel Moshel as well as opera and oratorio tenor August Schram.

Just Before Losing Everything

Just Before Losing Everything

Dir / 導演 : Xavier Legrand France / 法國 – 2013 A young boy pretends to go to school and hides under a small bridge. A teenager in tears waits at a bus stop. A woman picks them up and drives them to the parking lot of a supermarket.

Participated in Sydney Flickerfest Short Film Festival 2014, French Film Industry Awards 2014 – Best Short Film, Leeds International Festival 2013 – Louis Le Prince Prize for Best International Short Film